I don't know who needs to hear this today, but the placebo effect probably isn't real and mostly describes common statistical failings of scientific research
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So, for example, you might find that people with hypertension report feeling better after taking a placebo, but they don't actually have lower blood pressure
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Or people may report a reduction in pain, but they don't take fewer pain relief medications despite the placebo subjectively improving their response
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This is all summarized very well in a 2001 systematic review in NEJMhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105243442106 …
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Many of the claimed benefits to the placebo effect (blue pills work TWICE as well as red!) are based on surprisingly terrible research from decades ago If you want to know more, I strongly recommend listening to
@mikehall314 on Skeptics With A K, very comprehensive reviewsShow this thread
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What is the "objective" outcome in a study of psychiatric medication?
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FUP. "depression is very placebo-responsive. For a large proportion of subjects in the placebo group of trials, depression-severity scores decrease by as much as 10 or 15 points. ... bigger placebo pills elicit greater effects than small pills." https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence-in-favour-of-antidepressants-is-terribly-flawed …
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